Faculty List
Core
Kamran Asdar Ali
Director - South Asia Institute / Associate Professor
asdar@austin.utexas.edu | 512.475.6039 | WCH 4.132B
Education
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins UniversityJoel Brereton
Associate Professor
jpb@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6024 | WCH 4.114
Education
Ph.D., Yale UniversityJennifer Bussell
Assistant Professor
jennifer.bussell@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-5064 | SRH 3.255
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Political economy of governance and development, with an emphasis on India. Specific areas of interest include public service reforms, corruption, and citizen-state relations.Ipsita Chatterjee
Assistant Professor
chatterjee@austin.utexas.edu | CLA 3.414
Education
Ph.D., Clark UniversityOliver Freiberger
Associate Professor
of@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8239 | WCH 4.104A
Education
Ph.D., Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
Interests
Indian Buddhism | asceticism | comparison in the study of religionKripa Freitas
Assistant Professor
freitas@eco.utexas.edu | 475-8539 | BRB 3.148
Education
Ph.D., Northwestern UniversityKaushik Ghosh
Assistant Professor
cayocan@mail.utexas.edu | 471-0052 | EPS 1.148
Education
Ph.D., Princeton UniversityKathryn Hansen
Professor
kgh@austin.utexas.edu | 475-6035 | WCH 4.122
Education
Ph.D., University of California, BerkeleyEdeltraud Harzer
Senior Lecturer
harzer@austin.utexas.edu | 232-3575 | WCH 5.135
Education
Ph.D., University of Washington
Interests
Sanskrit, Indian philosophy and literatureShahnaz Hassan
Lecturer
snzhasan@austin.utexas.edu | 471-0304 | HRH 3.102
Education
B.A., University of the PunjabHeather Hindman
Assistant Professor
h.hindman@mail.utexas.edu | 471-1667 | WCH 5.103
Education
Ph.D., University of ChicagoS. Akbar Hyder
Associate Professor
shyder@austin.utexas.edu | 475-6031 | WCH 4.134
Education
Ph.D., Harvard UniversityGary J. Jacobsohn
Professor
gjacobsohn@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-1444 | MEZ 3.110
Education
Ph.D., Cornell UniversityShanti Kumar
Associate Professor
shantikumar@mail.utexas.edu | 232-3498 | WWH 404
Education
Ph.D., Indiana University-BloomingtonJanice Leoshko
Associate Professor
jleoshko@mail.utexas.edu | 232-2581 | DFA 2.110
Education
Ph.D., Ohio State UniversityLeigh Linden
Faculty
leigh.linden@austin.utexas.edu
Education
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMadhavi Mallapragada
Assistant Professor
madhavim@austin.utexas.edu | 471-9239 | CMA 6.172
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-MadisonGail Minault
Professor
gminault@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7214 | GAR 3.118
Education
Ph.D., 1972, University of PennsylvaniaAfsar Mohammad
Lecturer
afsar@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-7921 | HRH 3.102
Education
Ph.D, University of Wisconsin-MadisonPatrick Olivelle
Professor
jpo@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 512-475-6032 | WCH 4.112
Education
Ph.D., University of PennsylvaniaStephen Phillips
Professor
phillips@mail.utexas.edu | 471-5080 | WAG 301
Education
Ph.D., Harvard UniversitySankaran Radhakrishnan
Senior Lecturer
radha@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6048 | WCH 5.136
Education
Ph.D., Annamalai UniversityRajagopal Raghunathan
Associate Professor
raj.raghunathan@mccombs.utexas.edu | 471-2987 | CBA 7.232
Interests
Affect and Decision Making, Hedonic and Utilitarian ConsumptionVarun Rai
Assistant Professor
raivarun@gmail.com | 512-471-5057 | SRH 3.256
Education
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford UniversitySharmila Rudrappa
Associate Professor
rudrappa@austin.utexas.edu | 232-6310 | BUR 574
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-MadisonJishnu Shankar
Senior Lecturer
jshankar@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-1219 | WCH 5.105
Education
Doctorate, Syracuse UniversitySnehal Shingavi
Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D., 2008, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Anglophone South Asian literature, Hindi/Urdu literature, Literature in Translation and Translation Theory, Theories of “the nation” (anticolonialism, nationalism, statism, postcolonialism, postnationalism, cosmopolitanism, globalization, transnationalism, internationalism), Classical MarxismRupert Snell
Professor and Director of Hindi Urdu Flagship
rupertsnell@austin.utexas.edu | 471-7955 | WCH 4.130
Education
Ph.D., University of LondonCynthia Talbot
Associate Professor
ctalbot@austin.utexas.edu | 475-9303 | GAR 3.106
Education
PhD, 1988, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Interests
Medieval and early modern history of South AsiaMadhavan Unnithan
Lecturer
unnithan@austin.utexas.edu | 232-7104 | WCH 3RD FL
Education
Ph.D., University of KeralaKamala Visweswaran
Associate Professor
kvis@mail.utexas.edu | 471-8516 | EPS 1.206
Education
Ph.D., Stanford UniversityAffiliated
J.K. Aggarwal
Professor
aggarwaljk@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-1369 | Engineering Science Bldg Room 135
Sarada Balagopalan
Visiting Scholar
sarada.balagopalan@gmail.com | WCH 4.118
Education
Ph.D, New York UniversityDaniel A Bonevac
Professor
bonevac@austin.utexas.edu | 232-4333 | WAG 403
Education
PhD, Pittsburgh
Interests
Philosophy; Logic; Moral Issues; Ethics; Philosophy in Popular Culture; Christian Philosophy.Mia Carter
Associate Professor
miaC@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8733 | PAR 123
Education
Ph.D., English and Modern Studies, 1992, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeHarry Cleaver, Jr.
Associate Professor
hmcleave@eco.utexas.edu | 512.475.8535 | BRB 3.162
Education
Ph.D., Stanford UniversityDonald Davis, Jr.
Professor Emeritus
Education
Ph.D. in library science, University of Illinois at UrbanaBrian Doherty
Senior Lecturer
bfd@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8798 | PAR 326
Education
Ph.D., 1994, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMohammad Ghanoonparvar
Professor
mghanoon@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 475-6605 | WMB 5.132
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas- AusttinRobert Hardgrave, Jr.
Louann and Larry Temple Centennial Professor Emeritus in the Humanities
Education
Ph.D., University of ChicagoBarbara Harlow
Professor
bharlow@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8716 | PAR 26
Education
Ph.D., 1977, SUNY- BuffaloErnest Kaulbach
Professor
ekaulbach@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8365 | CAL 17
Education
Ph.D., 1970, Cornell UniversityWard Keeler
Associate Professor
ward.keeler@gmail.com | 471-8520 | EPS 1.146
Education
Ph.D., University of ChicagoRobert King
Professor Emeritus
rking@mail.utexas.edu | 923-3502 | CAL 507
Education
Ph.D., University of WisconsinJudith Kroll
Associate Professor
jkroll@mail.utexas.edu | 471-4991 | PAR 108
Education
Ph.D., 1974, Yale UniversityPhilippa Levine
Professor
philippa@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.1236 | HRC 3.202B
Education
D.Phil., 1984, Oxford University (St. Antony's College)
Interests
Asian colonies of the British EmpireWm. Roger Louis
Professor
britishstudies@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-9274 | HRC 3.202
Education
D.Phil., 1962, and D.Litt., 1979, Oxford UniversityThomas Pullum
Professor
tpullum@icfi.com | 232-6314 | BUR 518
Education
Ph.D., University of ChicagoMartha Selby
Professor
ms@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 475-6040 | WCH 4.134
Education
Ph.D., University of ChicagoFaegheh Shirazi
Professor
fshirazi@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 232-9416 | WMB 6.128
Education
Ph.D., Ohio State UniversityE. C. George Sudarshan
Professor
sudarshan@physics.utexas.edu | (512) 471-5229 | RLM 9.328
Interests
Elementary particle physics; quantum optics; quantum field theory; gauge field theories; fibre bundles; classical mechanics; foundations of physicsKarin Wilkins
Professor
karin.wilkins@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-2007 | WWH 409
Education
Ph.D., University of PennsylvaniaPatricia Wilson
Professor
pwilson@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.0130 | SUT 3.122
Education
Ph. D., Cornell UniversityHannah C Wojciehowski
Professor
gemelli@austin.utexas.edu | 471-8768 | PAR 230
Education
Ph.D., 1984, Yale University
